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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1902
Page
1
A fragmented civic page mentions labor union tensions at Fox River works with nine firms resisting unionization and local police maintaining order. Separate obituaries recall Mrs. Sarah Brown and veterans from G A R services with funeral details and community tributes.
Washington dispatch reports Henry C Payne and Senator Spooner conferred with President Roosevelt on post office matters. Payne to take oath Wednesday in the White House cabinet room and assume charge at the department with Whitney as private secretary. Ambassador Choate greeted the president before sailing. nominations to senate followed. Republican caucus urged to curb war revenue taxes, likely Wednesday night.
In Washington DC on January 13 the House moved to district business and debated the pension appropriation bill. Barney explained a proposed 139,846,480 allocation down from 140,245,930 with pension payments easing from 144,000,000 to 138,500,000 as arrears shrink and large pensions reduce. Bell blasted pension sharks pressuring Spanish war veterans, while Grosvenor challenged a Grand Army report on pension favoritism. The Senate plans to act on Cuban questions and a commerce department bill faced debate before an executive session.
Wondmahaven Germany January 12. The imperial Yacht Hohenzollern will call for New York. The band of the second naval division will accompany the Emperor’s yacht aboard. Many sailors around beckine for arouble and the timing he meets it he has a barry call in another direction.
Miss Gould toured Eugene Field and other public schools with John Schroers president of the board of education and his wife Miss Helen Miller Gould. They were later entertained at luncheon at the home of A G Cochran general solicitor of the Missouri Pacific railway.
Reports from Seoul via Yokohama state that 10,000,000 yen has been embezzled by Corean government officials over three years. Minister Ye Yeo Yok urged the emperor to order death for officials stealing over 2,000 yen, and eighty are implicated with ex-premier Cho Prog Jik among the condemned. Separate dispatches report James Donohue, a New York packer, swindling by using river front tags to collect small shipping charges, and Frank Holt, a military prisoner, recaptured after escaping Alcatraz and briefly reappearing in San Francisco.
A Richmond Wisconsin mill worker J W Schmidt shot his wife then himself at home. Both were critically injured. divorce actions had begun. In Madison boiler maker Benjamin C Kelg shot his wife then cut his throat. he survived as police note he was recently discharged after assault conviction.
The Neenah Auditorium association stockholders elected directors J. C. Kimberly Geo. A. Mane FW Hawks W L Davis W E B Barnett C R Smith Geo A wifi eta e Tacs to oversee the new opera house and public library. Also noted are Army veteran Arthur Boreson returning from the Philippines and Geo E Sanile remaining unconscious after a work accident at Neenah Paper. The funeral of Mrs Wheeler Pablock of Clayton followed her death from apoplexy.
The report details a Rock Island wreck where a passenger train struck a construction train near O Kene Oklahoma injuring eight. A misplaced signal caused the incident. Separate incident in Wheeling West Virginia describes an eastbound cannonball train striking a Wheeling Traction car killing the motorman with five passengers injured lightly. A note about New York City planning a two child theater modeled after a Boston venue with hoped for dividends.
Reports from New York and Peoria detail union leaders debating a referendum on the National Civil Federation work. Samuel Gompers questions the Central Federated Union stance, while Franks W. Arnold notes locomotive firemen growth. Pittston and Worcester gatherings discuss eight hour day and realignment.
Menasha Wisconsin January 13 members of the Menasha Ice Yacht club seek to challenge Neenah yachtsmen. Fund drive to buy a trophy cup for a race between Meenah Ichabod White Flyn Brownie Oriole and Menasha Foxy Vixon McKinley Red Wing.
Associated Press reports Marconi, inventor of the wireless, arrived from Canada and will be guest of honor at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers banquet. He sails for Europe on Wednesday to discuss experiments between Newfoundland and Cornwall and potential transatlantic message transmissions. Speakers include Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Rear Admiral Jerardford, and Prof. Vapin of Toronto University.
A local quarantine is in effect as fever and diphtheria concerns rise. Public spaces including churches and many stores are closed while authorities extend isolation measures. Emergency crews report patients and a surge of precautionary actions across the town.
A tremor was felt in Saratoga New York at nine o eleven p m causing brief alarm and prompting residents to check windows and doors. No damage reported. Local authorities attributed the event to a minor quake or sonic disturbance.
District Attorney A W McLeod Capt Rod Pirdhor Bayneld and others faced federal court on contempt for opposing a court order to tear up the Washburn Bayfield and Iron River railway bonds totaling 185000. The suit alleges mismanagement by the railroad receiver and warns of a potential federal state court clash over the order.
Washington January 13 Chief Justice Fuller announced that the application of Minnesota for leave to file a bill of complaint against the Northern Securities Company would be heard Monday January 27. The order requires notice to the Securities Company.
George K. Nash was inaugurated for the second time as Ohio governor. The oath was given in the state capitol rotunda by Chief Justice Marshall amid decoration and public attendance. A noon parade featured 1500 National Guard troops, military units, and political clubs led by the Blaine club of Cincinnati and the Rail Splitters of Toledo, with a reception planned in the state house annex.
Mrs Addie Richardson appeared in elreuls court in Pintishurs Missouri charged with killing her husband Frank W Richardson. She entered the room with three sons and family members present as Judge Varna noted the case title and scheduled a January 2 continuance in connection with a co defendant, Steevan Fife, held in Washington awaiting transfer.
Maine Nordica arrived in Rome after a Southern Railway wreck yesterday. The singer was slightly bruised with one injury deemed inconsequential. Her manager says she appears well and ready for a tour.
The report notes the death of William Fife a famed yacht builder in Falrite Scotland. The obituary mentions his long career and the loss to the maritime community.
An incorporator and trustee of the Carnegie Institute states there is no current need for congressional action on its education scheme. The Institute, as a private corporation, may hold securities including steel bonds or U S government bonds as the endowment base. This signals Mr Carnegie’s plan to place his bequest in U S securities as intended.
Catholic leaders raise funds for a new seminary to train priests for the Philippines. About 700 missionaries are believed needed, with $2000000 sought and $150000 already pledged. Father Bilfiott will oversee fundraising and the institution will be called the Seminary for the Home and Insular Missions. A Jubilee for Pope Leo XIII prompts global preparations and English appeals reach Archbishop Curricana in New York.
A blaze at 1:45 this morning engulfed the G F Weil branch elevator of the American Malting Co in Chicago. The 150 foot structure, 300 by 200 feet, housed 307000 bushels of barley and was destroyed with near total loss of contents. nearby pickle factory suffered damage while Pan Handle freight cars faced risk from burning debris. The firemen fought a tall blaze under hazardous conditions as sheets of red hot iron plates fell and endangering crews. Insurance is expected to cover the loss.
Two men died in a waterfront town hotel when an elevator failed sending them to the fifth floor. Thomas O’Brien a tugboat captain and a second man, unnamed, were found dead in the wreckage. The fall occurred after the elevator cables parted amid a chain of mishaps.
Secret message from Commander Elwant C. Barry of the Muna Vicketars reports to Secretary Leng on the recent clash near New Cheang between Vicka tare and Reseion troops. Navy says nothing serious, crew orderly. Garry.
New York dispatch quotes Richard Croker discussing Derby plans and breeding aims, noting two Derby entries this year and five next year. Golf Constitution reports Walter Travis advocating sectional matches and reforms within the USGA. Also covers potential American college crews abroad, Jack Root signing for a fight, Corrigan denying racing license refusal, allied clubs elected, and Philadelphia eight day bicycle race with eleven teams.
Governor Yates issues requisition for Edmond Palmer of Palmer & Myers on a charge of larceny by converting a chair valued at zero to his own use from John M. Speer. Palmer is detained in Pittsburg awaiting extradition to Chicago.
Fragmentary report describes a chaotic scene with characters named PewWall Wepper Fritz and Williamsthe. It references a theater evening, a talk on a sofa, neon medians rehearsing scenes, and an alleged plan to extort a saloon owner. A detective tracks the conspirators to Shanles’s and a discussion with Cartennier Fields about a sting.
Thomas Atkinson of England, aged 69, recalls his early unionist ties and work under George Stephenson on a locomotive project. Now ninety, he reflects on decades of toil and the shift caused by a tailor-made woman, noting the enduring impact of his society.
Mrs. White an aged resident of Ore Junction died at home of her daughter Mrs. J. I. Yerrell at 145 Velork this morning from apoplexy. She was about to be five in April and was born in Beunldhen New Hampshire. She came to Wisconsin over fifty years ago and settled on the Omro Junction farm. She leaves a son C. M. White of Chicago and a daughter Mrs. Jo i. Terre. Funeral from Omro June Monchurch Thursday at 2 p.m.
The House rivers and harbors committee studied a national inspection project to connect the Chicago drainage canal to the Mississippi and Gulf, with Chicago delegations seeking federal support for turning basins at an estimated cost around 5 million dollars. A separate survey to evaluate deepening the waterway to St Louis was also requested, with hearings planned for a later date.
The Lutheran Christ church on Church street with Rev G M Weng rejected a swap with First Congregational church led by Rev E J Smith. Lutherans preferred a new church on Church street over trading for the old Congregational building near Bend and Algoma, eyeing a spring project and a committee to start planning.
The report states a British ship named Ce ate Rerill was bought at auction in Hong Kong by Filipinos amid tension over a Manila sale tied to Fort Townsend. The vessel faced destruction threats near the Philippines. repairs and ownership shifts involve parties in Manila and London.
The breach of promise suit between Duke of Manchester and an American party ended with the duke paying £460. The case closed after Saturday’s sessions. payment was directed and the matter was settled without further scandal.
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